How Does Worldview Shape Your Leadership?
A great leader is like a great chef. They can create their own recipes by combining very different ingredients together in a way that makes something unique and wonderful. They know that each ingredient is different but important in its own way. For some, you need a lot, and for others, just a touch will change the whole dish.
A great chef understands that not everyone will enjoy everything, so you need to make adjustments if you have a specific customer in mind. Otherwise, you get creative and experiment until you get it just right.
And each culture has different traditions – it may take some time to adjust the tastebuds to something new. A great chef, like Anthony Bourdain, knew that the more you can taste and experience, the better at it you become and the deeper your understanding gets.
Two different chefs will take the same ingredients and make something totally different with them. Each one has a style their own recipes that have been developed over generations.
Do you see where I’m going here? Our worldviews are formed from a recipe created by our values and the environment that created them, and this is how we interact with the world and act as leaders.
Here’s a recipe for mine.
Morgan’s Worldview Casserole Recipe
Ingredients (Values)
- 6 cups Creativity, scrambled
- 4 liters Empathy
- 1 can humility
- 2 T genuineness
- 1 T Openmindedness, with benefit of the doubt
- 1.5 t Unconventionality
- Dash of Humor
- Pinch of Adventure
Cooking Instructions
Mix ingredients together in a large bowl. Let it sit for several years doing nothing. Listen, is it making any noises? Be curious, what could it turn into? How can you make it better? Keep listening. Think about it some more – what’s it doing now? Let it marinate some more, it will develop a great flavor eventually. No need to pray; just check occasionally and use your instincts to know when it’s time.
Put it under pressure. Watch carefully – when it begins to rise, reduce heat to medium.
Serving Suggestions
Serve warm. Consume to become the kind of leader who does things their own way, leads with their gut, and has fun doing it.
Adjust seasoning to taste, then share with your friends.
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